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Is American mystery racer an SWM prototype?
A mystery Mini based racer from the USA has intrigued me ever since I saw it for the first time in 2012. (click here). In the next years I got in touch with now-owner Steve Steeb of Michigan, who told...
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James Bond's Mini Moke based Moonraker buggy
Information about James Bond movies is everywhere on the internet. But one car that even the hardest of Bond fans seem to have missed is the Mini Moke based buggy that can be seen (briefly) in...
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Marcos and GTM Rossa shells for sale
A Mini Marcos Mk5 and GTM Rossa Mk2 body shell are offered for sale by HJ Pugh auctioneers this weekend in Ledbury. The Marcos (click here) is registered on a 1971 plate and wears chassis number 7514S,...
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The Mini Metro based Roadster that doesn't exist
Okay, this has little to do with Minis. But I wanted to share it here never the less as it is such an interesting little piece of what could have been British motoring history. It's a Mini Metro based...
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Works transporter Scottish style
This picture, shared on Facebook recently, was just too good not to show here also. That's the Stimson Mini Bug racer of Vince Gonelli on the back of a Ford Thames van that was converted in a pick-up....
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Morris Bishop reunited with MoBi-One
A while ago I received a message from a reader who'd spotted MoBi-One at Prescott Hill, and wondered if stunt driver, multiple record holder, motorsport champion and the car's owner Alastair Moffatt...
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Sweet! Outspan Orange Mini in Beaulieu
When a picture is tagged as one of 'the best photographs of the day' by one of Great Britain's most respected media, it may just be good enough for a place on Maximum Mini, too, won't it? This one was...
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Biota at 50 - return to Harewood hill climb
50 Years after a Biota won the BARC hill climb championship in 1972, Maximum Mini-fan Tim Harber went there again to reunite his car with then-winner Chris Seaman and have a go up the hill himself. He...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos: Update from Pau (3)
With the Le Mans 24-hours race and Le Mans Classic now behind us, I have recently received many questions about how the Le Mans Mini Marcos project is progressing. I know there have been no updates...
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Ogle SX1000: distribution- and cooling system
The Le Mans Mini Marcos is not the only project car in the Maximum Mini stables (ahem!) that's booking some progress (click here). Meanwhile the Ogle has received some new parts too: distribution- and...
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Mengers Beach Mini is beautiful Beach Car replica
When Beach Car owner John Reymondos contacted me about a brand new Mini Beach Car replica made in Germany by Mini Mengers I had to admit I had to look twice. Was that really a replica? Well, it was and...
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Notas at Grafton hill climb
It's the 70th anniversary of Nota Cars this year and I understand quite a few of them will make it to the Grafton historic hill climb this weekend, among them several Nota Fangs. It would be great to...
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ABS to relaunch Alto Boxer kits
Don't think the Mini derivative is dead. After last week's launch of the Mengers Beach Mini (click) it is time for the next relaunch: that of the Alto Boxer. You will know by now that ABS Motorsport...
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12 Little Navajos - how many left?
When a Navajo, or Langridge Navajo, was offered for sale recently I received a great number of messages about it and dug out the files again. The Navajo really was an interesting little car built...
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Summer 2022 - the show is on
It's summer and it's showtime once again! I have been sent lots of pictures of cars making it to shows in the last month or so and share some of the best of these here, together with some more bits and...
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A Margrave Mini on Malta
Model car builder Max Derrez recently bought a book and was surprised about the sheer number of cars using the Mini's base. The one he ever came across was a Wood & Pickett Mini Margrave on the...
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Larry's Unipower GT competition racer - a New York street car
I've been in touch with Larry Cieslinski of Rochester in the state of New York since a year now, after he showed me the image of the Unipower GT copied in below. Chatting to Larry is good fun since he...
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Unipower GT finally freed from Japanese warehouse
One article that keeps arousing interest here since it was published in 2016 is about the Unipower GT in the Japanese warehouse. Read it here if you forgot. This GT car was originally registered 'NPN...
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Roamer in Germany
The Roamer, which was also known briefly under the names Arividerci Winchester and Moon's Moke remains a bit of a mystery. I have asked for more information about the cars before (here), but don't seem...
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Mystery Mini derivative (81)
We know by bow that there are some extraordinary Mini derivatives to be found on the islands of the Caribbean. The wacky Moke-style cars of Petit St. Vincent (click here), the Carimoke, Minilan and...
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